Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark vs Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark
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Property Comparison
| Property | « 00AB | » 00BB |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark | Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
| Category | Quotation Marks | Quotation Marks |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Initial Punctuation (Pi) | Final Punctuation (Pf) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 00AB | 00BB |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+00AB | U+00BB |
| HTML Decimal | « | » |
| HTML Hex | « | » |
| CSS | \00AB | \00BB |
| JavaScript | \u{AB} | \u{BB} |
| Python | \u00ab | \u00bb |
| UTF-8 | c2 ab | c2 bb |
How to Distinguish
Both Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark and Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark belong to the Quotation Marks category and the Latin-1 Supplement block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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